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   From: twsherman@REMOVE_THISsouthslope.net   
      
   On 3/15/2014 9:45 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   > On 2014-03-16, T0m $herman  wrote:   
   >> On 3/15/2014 5:57 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >>> On 2014-03-15, T0m $herman  wrote:   
   >>>> On 3/12/2014 1:46 AM, Jolly Roger wrote:   
   >>>>> Straw man. Fail. I never said that at all. As I said, I rarely visit the   
   >>>>> left lane, except to pass. It's often some other poor schmuck who I see   
   >>>>> getting tail gated in the left lane. And you are still ignoring all the   
   >>>>> other bad behavior I outlined. Wonder why?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Not a poor schmuck, but either a blithering idiot or arsehole for   
   >>>> blocking the passing lane.  Go to Germany and try that on the Autobahn,   
   >>>> and you will soon be escorted to the side of the road by the police, who   
   >>>> will then issue you a citation with a hefty fine.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The passing lane blockers are more dangerous than the fast drivers, all   
   >>>> else being equal.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it impossible for you to imagine a case where a highway might be   
   >>> fairly congested with cars in the left, middle, and right lanes? Is it   
   >>> hard for you then to imagine that in that situation, where all lanes are   
   >>> going approximately 55-60 mph, one car might attempt to go much faster   
   >>> than the prevailing traffic? Is it then hard for you to imagine what   
   >>> might happen as this fearless important individual who must go faster   
   >>> than everyone else starts tailgating cars in any lane, left, middle, or   
   >>> right? Let's say this individual, out of say 20 cars in the vicinity on   
   >>> this crowded highway, starts tailgating people in the left lane. On this   
   >>> crowded stretch of highway, what should all of the other 20 cars do for   
   >>> this person? Should they all call each other and coordinate a controlled   
   >>> multiple-car merge maneuver to get out of his way? Not gonna happen. So   
   >>> what normally does happen is this important individual who must get past   
   >>> literally every other car on the road starts behaving badly and generally   
   >>> making the situation unsafe for others. I know this take a lot of brain   
   >>> power to imagine, but I've seen it play out in real life; so I know for   
   >>> a fact it's not so far from reality to be hard to imagine. Try it - you   
   >>> can do it!   
   >>>   
   >> Yo Dude!  I commuted for 3 years on the North-South Freeway in Milwaukee   
   >> while the Marquette Interchange was being rebuilt.  I never sat in the   
   >> left lane and blocked traffic when it was flowing at 50+ mph.   
   >   
   > I never said you did, dude. I also never said *I* do it, dude. What I   
   > said, if you can keep up, is that *people* do it. And in such a   
   > situation there is no fucking excuse for a driver who is upset by this   
   > to drive in an unsafe manner. If you are trying to convince me that   
   > unsafe driving is excusable if someone is blocking the left lane, then   
   > you have failed.   
   >   
   Dude!!!  For obvious reasons, I would not try to convince *you* of   
   anything.  :)   
      
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